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Author: MargieLHinton
Surnames: Cobb/Cobbs
Classification: queries
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With each new day of research I find more information - though not the actual record/proof I need to link my John Cobb, born 1814 in Henry County, KY to his parents. John said his father was born in VA and we have no further information about his Cobb family.
That said, what I have is:
1.Two Cobb men, Thomas and Will/William are found in the IND 1820 Census living on the Bear family farm in Milton township along the Indian-Kentucky Creek east of Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana. Neither Cobb man/family is shown in IND in the 1830 Census. From this 1820 census, we have concluded that the most logical 'father' of our Cobb children is William with 1 male under 10 and 3 females under 10 - John would be the male under 10, the females would be Mary and Hester with an unnamed sister. They had a brother named George who was probably born AFTER this census was enumerated. Two Cobb men are also found in the 1810 Census for Scott County KY; they could possibly the same two Cobbs?
Thomas Cobbs (the same one or a brother?) is shown in the 1840 Census again living on the Bear Family farm in Milton, Jefferson County, Illinois.
2. I was contacted in Feb 2011 about Hester (Bear/Barr/Bare/etc.) who the Bear family claims is my Cobb mama - she married a Cobb in KY and in 1815 the family moved to Milton, Jefferson County, IND. The Bear family has Hester a widow in 1825 and married to William Perry - he is gone from the family - died? by 1830s. Then we find Hester (Bear-etc spellings) (Cobb) (Perrie) Perry was living in Muscatine County Iowa in the census with a household consisting of George Cobb who is shown as 'other principal person.' At this same time, other Cobb siblings were living in Muscatine County IA - John, Mary and Hester and an unnamed sister. George is possibly the brother who John Cobb refers to when he 'went to IND to get his mother, two sisters and brother to take them to Muscatine County IA. Who is the other sister? We have not found her yet. Hester Bear/Cobb/Perry is now presumed to be the mother of our Cobb children though we have no records showing her name with any of our Cobb !
children except George and that in ONE INSTANCE.
3.John Cobb's sister, Hester Cobb married John Marble in Muscatine County, IA; she named her first child, Oliver Perry Marble. This naming of a Marble first child with the name of Perry has had Kathy and Margie scratching our heads and puzzling over 'Perry' as her child's middle name for many years as it appeared to us to have 'come out of the blue.' Now that we know about Hester Bear/Cobb/Perry, this is falling into place. Another question arises - why would Hester's mother leave Muscatine County IA at a crutial point in her life - she was very pregnant with her (possibly) second child - her first child may have died. We now know that Hester, the mother of our Cobb children, was 'called back to IND' to sign the Indenture papers that Jean (Bear descendant) found in Jefferson County IND Deed Book U, pp. 445-446 - Grantees. See Appendix (?).
I am hoping this added information will ring a bell with one of you for YOUR Cobb/Cobbs names in these elusive migrating families from PA/VA/WVA down the Ohio River to KY>IND>beyond.
Thanks. Margie Hinton marhinton(a)earthlink.net
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Author: vcgreene
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Correction: Joseph Cobb/s is not related to Jesse, Jackson Kinzie, etc. Jesse descends from the Ambrose Cobbs line, proven by DNA.
V. Greene, vcgreene(a)att.net
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